Arthur Sullivan - A Life of Divine Emollient

This biography reveals how important spiritual factors and influences were to Arthur Sullivan's life and work and explores his rich corpus of sacred pieces, which includes the best-selling Victorian parlour ballad 'The Lost Chord' and the tune of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'.

List of contents

• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: 1842-1852: Ancestry, Early Upbringing, and Family Ties


• 2: 1852-1861: Musical and Spiritual Formation


• 3: The 1860s: The Influence of George Grove


• 4: 1871-1877: A Spiritual Spell


• 5: 1877-1889: The Gilbert and Sullivan Years


• 6: The 1890s: The Final Decade


• Conclusion


• Selected Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Ian Bradley is Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History at the University of St Andrews.

Summary

This biography reveals how important spiritual factors and influences were to Arthur Sullivan's life and work and explores his rich corpus of sacred pieces, which includes the best-selling Victorian parlour ballad 'The Lost Chord' and the tune of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'.

Additional text

...this is a quietly ground-breaking study that will usefully shake received opinion and stimulate further investigation.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Bradley, Ian (Emeritus Professor of Cultural and S Bradley, Ian (Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History Bradley, Bradley Ian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780198863267
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886326-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Spiritual Lives
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Opera, Christianity, Biography: religious & spiritual, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Biography: religious and spiritual, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), History and Archaeology, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, Prayers and liturgical material, Sacred and religious music, Choral Music, Sacred & Religious Music, Christian Hymnals